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1st: "Work for victory as hard as we fight for it."
2nd: "Infantry -KingThe Queen of all service branches."
Could not resist.
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Could not resist.
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Interesting! I thought it was just a way of conjugating "King"...why would they refer to the infantry as the "Queen of service branches"? Seems somewhat effeminate?
And before I go back to SS Kirk I need to pay some homage to Leonard Nimoy.
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And Warships are usually "SHE"
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Queens are the most powerful pieces in chess
And Warships are usually "SHE"
Ah, I see what you are getting at. Still seems odd to me in this particular context, must be a cultural thing.
Anyways it's good to straighten that out considering that is one of the posters hanging over my head every time I play CoH2.
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Interesting! I thought it was just a way of conjugating "King"...why would they refer to the infantry as the "Queen of service branches"? Seems somewhat effeminate?
Queens are the most powerful pieces in chess
And Warships are usually "SHE"
Die Königin ("The Queen") in this slogan stands as a synonym for the femininity which is delicate and graceful. It stands for beauty and elegance. Using the female term is a form of idealisation.
The King (male) can be honourably, confident and strong but even exorbitant, irascible or unbridled whereas a queen is more self-determined, well-considered and beating time (?) in her actions.
Here is another example:
And the tribute.
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anti tank dog
The dogs were considered a failure, mainly in large to being trained with soviet tanks which were diesel and the german tanks were petrol so the dogs would run towards the soviet tanks as trained.
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Die Königin ("The Queen") in this slogan stands as a synonym for the femininity which is delicate and graceful. It stands for beauty and elegance. Using the female term is a form of idealisation.
The King (male) can be honourably, confident and strong but even exorbitant, irascible or unbridled whereas a queen is more self-determined, well-considered and beating time (?) in her actions.
Here is another example:
And the tribute.
Makes complete sense now. Cheers CasTroy!
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Soviet soldiers in the field during the offensive in the Kharkov area.
Column of Soviet motorcyclists on the march along the highway to Mozhaiskom direction.
Motorcade of Soviet heavy pontoon park N2P sample 1932 on the march. In the foreground of the nasal poluponton loaded on special car ZIS-5.
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Soviet soldiers to fight cross the Dnieper on improvised means. Crossing covers machine-gun crew 'Maxim' Lieutenant AM Maximov: 1st number Sergeant Sergei Zhukov, 2nd number Sergeant Anatoly Trevogin.
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1942.08.13, parading at lake Ladoga
From SA-Kuva
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Sniper - Lieutenant Boutkevitch, Mosin rifle with a silencer.
The girl - a sniper from the 1st Baltic Front. 1944
group of scouts
Group of scouts in Gilly jackets
Khalkhyn Goal
Soviet soldiers run across the street during the fighting in Voronezh. 1942
Medical instructor to help the wounded soldiers on the streets of Voronezh/ 1942
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Troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front offensive conduct at Jassy. 1944
Soviet soldier smashes a poster with a picture of Adolf Hitler in liberated Gatchina, the inscription on the poster - Hitler liberator. 1944
Soviet officer at the corpses of German soldiers considering their photos
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Pfc. Jesse Devore holding a French Boy after the liberation of Trevieres. Devore was KIA just two weeks after the photo was taken, presumably while trying to take hill 192 with the 38th infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.
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Pfc. Jesse Devore holding a French Boy after the liberation of Trevieres. Devore was KIA just two weeks after the photo was taken, presumably while trying to take hill 192 with the 38th infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.
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